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Available
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PB Lee
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Publication
Puffin Books (2001), Edition: Reprint, 240 pages
Description
When a stranger is captured by the Guards of the House and Garden where she has worked all her life as a slave and maid, sixteen-year-old Claidi helps him escape and sets out with him to journey to his home city through the dangerous Waste.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1998
Physical description
240 p.; 5.03 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member wyvernfriend
Cladi is an orphan-slave living in The House and follows the rituals of the House. She also is pubished for minor infractions by the deneziens of the house who think nothing of whipping slaves. A golden stranger arrives, sending eddies through the House, the greatest of which is that Claidi is
She meets with different people making enemies and friends along the way and when she arrives she finds why she's wanted in the Wolf Tower. But is she willing to play along?
It's interesting, written as journal entries it's fun to see the character develop. I wasn't quite convinced by the relationships but there are limits that people put when they write journals anyway. Largely satisfying and I've put a reserve in the library for the next one.
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represented as being of the royal house and sent to the Wolf Tower with this stranger through the savage Waste.She meets with different people making enemies and friends along the way and when she arrives she finds why she's wanted in the Wolf Tower. But is she willing to play along?
It's interesting, written as journal entries it's fun to see the character develop. I wasn't quite convinced by the relationships but there are limits that people put when they write journals anyway. Largely satisfying and I've put a reserve in the library for the next one.
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LibraryThing member Ilithyia
I know Tanith Lee is supposed to be a well-respected fantasy author, but I just didn't really like this series. The first one was okay because I liked the world that she was building, but 3 or 4 books later and I felt like that was all she did. There didn't seem to be much of a plot going on. Or if
Maybe someday I'll give her another shot. *shrug*
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there was it was so subtle as to be uninteresting. Maybe someday I'll give her another shot. *shrug*
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LibraryThing member seescootread
I enjoyed this story, but I would often find myself frustrated with Claidi. The book was a fast and easy read. The writing style was entertaining – I enjoyed the casual and journalistic style of the narrator and her humorous comments on what was happening all around her. The writing style was a
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little choppy feeling and sometimes it was difficult to understand what was going on because Claidi herself didn’t know what was happening. I found Claidi to be a little too naive. I know she was in t ...more I enjoyed this story, but I would often find myself frustrated with Claidi. The book was a fast and easy read. The writing style was entertaining – I enjoyed the casual and journalistic style of the narrator and her humorous comments on what was happening all around her. The writing style was a little choppy feeling and sometimes it was difficult to understand what was going on because Claidi herself didn’t know what was happening. I found Claidi to be a little too naive. I know she was in the House her entire life, but still, you would think she would ask at least a few questions. There is just enough of an element of romance and mystery to keep the reader hanging on to find out what happens. This is the first in a series and I am not sure if I will go on to read the second one. I might just leave things here. Show Less
LibraryThing member salimbol
A solid if fairly unremarkable tale, combining a journey across a strange world with a naive young woman's loss of innocence and growth as a person. While the characterisation is quite thin (although the narrator herself is endearingly awkward and stubborn), there are some nice inventive touches,
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as well as some intriguingly bizarre cultures and landscapes, and the language, which is much more straight-forward than that which Lee typically employs, really captures the feel of an adolescent's diary. Show Less
LibraryThing member TheBigNerd
An interesting young adult novel. I've just finished rereading it because I couldn't remember what it was about since I read it so long ago.
A young servant is whisked away to a different city, away from the House and only place she's ever known. She learns the hard truth about people and life and
A young servant is whisked away to a different city, away from the House and only place she's ever known. She learns the hard truth about people and life and
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her journey is just beginning. Written in first person as if it were a journal. Sometimes the grammar isn't correct, but then again it's written like a dairy so I can't complain too much. Good read for kids. Show Less
LibraryThing member Tigerlily12
An enjoyable read, especially for young teens. It was one of my favorite books at that age. Since it's written in diary form, the style can be a bit slow. If you stick with the whole series, the read is definitely worth it.
LibraryThing member Isana
I'm kind of sitting here like, what really was it about this book. The story was pretty interesting, but it was just beyond the type of believable that makes good fantasy, even YA. I liked Claidi and the rest of the characters, but her problems never seemed life threatening enough. I mean, we have
Anyway, the book was still cute and I do want to read the next books.
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some obvious betrayal and a kind of out of the blue romance, since the second wasn't set up all that well in my opinion, even if it was really, glaringly obvious. Maybe the obviousness of everything was kind of annoying. Also, she never questions why he would need to go so out of his way just to apparently bring back a wife, which was kind of what it seemed at first when he started being ADAMANT about her coming with him. I understand being blinded by love, especially first love but . . . The ending was also really ridiculous. A part of me wants to believe it but it seemed too fabricated for me.Anyway, the book was still cute and I do want to read the next books.
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